Clinical trials: Emergency Call
Emergencies
Video Images About Decisions for Ethical Outcomes in the Emergency Department (VIDEO-ED)
A randomized controlled trial of a video decision aid in the Emergency Department Setting to improve advance care planning documentation.
- Trial name
- VIDEO-ED (NCT04931797)
- Testing
- video decision aid, control arm ACP information sheet
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 598 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Head Injury
Shared Decision Making in Parents of Children With Head Trauma: Head CT Choice
The investigators will test the impact of a decision aid, Head CT Choice, to determine if its use improves parents' knowledge and engagement in decision making and safely decreases healthcare utilization in children presenting to…
- Trial name
- NCT02063087
- Testing
- Head CT Decision Aid
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 971 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Advanced Cancers, Pain
Compare Fentanyl Nasal Spray With Intravenous Opioids to Treat Severe Pain
The goal of this clinical research study is to compare fentanyl nasal spray with a standard drug given by vein (hydromorphone hydrochloride) to help reduce pain related to cancer in patients coming to the emergency department.
- Trial name
- NCT02459964
- Testing
- Fentanyl Nasal Spray, Hydromorphone Hydrochloride, Phone Call
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Clinical Decision Support, Buprenorphine
Clinical Decision Support to Implement ED-initiated Buprenorphine for OUD
Emergency Departments (EDs) frequently care for individuals with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD). Buprenorphine (BUP) is an effective treatment option for patients with OUD that can safely be initiated in the ED.
- Conditions
- Clinical Decision Support, Buprenorphine, Opioid-use Disorder
- Trial name
- EMBED (NCT03658642)
- Testing
- Clinical Decision Support (CDS)
- Where
- 22 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 5,047 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Appendicitis
EHR-based Decision Support for Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain in Emergency Care
Although appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency in children, its diagnosis remains a challenge and thus, emergency department (ED) providers increasingly rely on computed tomography to distinguish appendicitis from…
- Trial name
- Appy-CDS (NCT02633735)
- Testing
- Appy CDS
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 5,940 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- HealthPartners Institute
Chest Pain, Acute Coronary Syndrome
Shared Decision Making in the Emergency Department: Chest Pain Choice Trial
Our long-term goal is to promote evidence-based patient-centered evaluation in the acute setting to more closely tailor testing to disease risk.
- Trial name
- CPC (NCT01969240)
- Testing
- Chest Pain Choice Decision Aid
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 898 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Intracranial Hemorrhages
Validation of Falls Decision Rule to Exclude Intracranial Bleeding in Geriatric Fall Patients
Although falls are the most important cause of intracranial hemorrhage in the population over 65, studies have shown that bleeding occurs in only 5% of geriatric patients who fall.
- Trial name
- NCT06525727
- Testing
- Falls Decision Rule
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 800 people
- Sponsor
- Marmara University
Emergency General Surgery
Development and Pilot Testing the SITe Intervention
Every year, nearly 240,000 patients age 60 and older are transferred between acute care hospitals for nontraumatic surgical emergencies, and these patients experience worse outcomes than patients admitted directly from an…
- Trial name
- NCT06118359
- Testing
- Intervention to Support Interhospital Transfer Decisions (SITe)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Syncope
Syncope Decision Aid for Emergency Care
Syncope, or transient loss of consciousness/fainting, is a common emergency department (ED) complaint responsible for over 1 million ED visits yearly.
- Trial name
- SynDA (NCT02971163)
- Testing
- SynDA
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Kidney Stones
Feasibility and Impact of a Decision Rule for Imaging of Emergency Department Patients With Suspected Kidney Stone
This is the third phase (feasibility and impact) of a three-phase project designed to derive, validate and test the feasibility and impact of implementing clinical decision support to safely limit the use of Computerized…
- Trial name
- NCT01869647
- Testing
- Ultra low dose CT scan, Regular CT or Low Dose CT scan, No imaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 264 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University